Accenture

Latest stories

  • FirstNet Veteran Jason Karp Joins Secured Communications as Chief Legal Counsel, Board Member - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Industry News, News

    FirstNet Veteran Jason Karp Joins Secured Communications as Chief Legal Counsel, Board Member

    Jason Karp, former senior executive of the First Responder Network Authority, has been appointed to serve as chief legal counsel and board member at Secured Communications. In his tenure with FirstNet, Karp helped determine the complex law that resulted in the organization’s creation and implemented a deployment strategy supporting the public safety broadband network nationwide, Secured Communications said […] More

  • DoD Recognizes Accenture Federal Arm's Support for Guard and Reserve Employees - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Industry News, News

    DoD Recognizes Accenture Federal Arm’s Support for Guard and Reserve Employees

    Accenture‘s federal services business has received the “Above and Beyond” award from a Defense Department group for offering non-mandated benefits to employees who also serve in the National Guard and Reserve. The Maryland Committee for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve presented the award to Mark Hild, senior manager at Accenture Federal Services, at an event […] More

  • Accenture, SAP to Build Digital Platform for Defense Agencies; Drew Soltis Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in News, Products & Service

    Accenture, SAP to Build Digital Platform for Defense Agencies; Drew Soltis Comments

    Accenture and SAP have agreed to team up to co-develop a digital platform designed to help defense agencies advance their digital transformation initiatives. The companies will develop the digital defense platform based on SAP’s S/4HANA enterprise resource planning offering built on SAP HANA in-memory platform, Accenture said Thursday. “What our co-development with SAP does is […] More

  • Accenture Vet Ron Griggs Joins Avaya as System Integrator Relations VP - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Industry News, News

    Accenture Vet Ron Griggs Joins Avaya as System Integrator Relations VP

    Ron Griggs, a more than 20-year veteran of Accenture and formerly an alliance sales executive at Deloitte, has joined Avaya as vice president of system integrator relations. Avaya said Wednesday Griggs will lead the company’s relations with partners that aim to integrate emerging technology with its unified communications and contact center platforms. He previously managed Deloitte’s alliances with cloud, […] More

  • Intel exec Venkata Renduchintala joins Accenture board - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in News

    Intel exec Venkata Renduchintala joins Accenture board

    Venkata Renduchintala, a group president and chief engineering officer at Intel, has been appointed to serve on audit committee of Accenture‘s board of directors. Accenture said Thursday Renduchintala’s appointment brings the number of its board members to 12, including 11 external and independent directors. He leads Intel’s client and internet-of-things businesses and systems architecture group. His […] More

  • Australia Adds Microsoft Azure, Office 365 to Certified Cloud Services List - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Government Cloud, News

    Australia Adds Microsoft Azure, Office 365 to Certified Cloud Services List

    Microsoft’s cloud offerings have received certification in Australia to host data at the protected level. The company said Tuesday the Australian government’s signals directorate has added its Azure and Office 365 platforms to the Certified Cloud Services List. Steven Worrall, managing director of Microsoft’s Australian arm, said the Protected Level certification for Office 365 and […] More

  • Accenture: 54% of Adults Back Use of AI in Government Service Delivery - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Industry News, News

    Accenture: 54% of Adults Back Use of AI in Government Service Delivery

    A new Accenture survey indicates that 54 percent of adults aged 18 and older across six countries have expressed interest to adopt artificial intelligence systems used by the government to deliver public services. Accenture said Thursday it polled 6,000 citizens in the U.S., U.K., Australia, Germany, France and Singapore through an online survey performed from October through […] More

  • Boeing Subsidiary Teams With Accenture, Oracle, Mannai to Build Qatar Military's ERP/Logistics System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Industry News, News

    Boeing Subsidiary Teams With Accenture, Oracle, Mannai to Build Qatar Military’s ERP/Logistics System

    A Boeing subsidiary has partnered with Accenture, Oracle and Mannai to build an enterprise resource planning and logistics management information system for Qatar’s armed forces under a five-year contract. Boeing said Wednesday its Tapestry Solutions business will provide the GOLDesp maintenance, repair and overhaul software platform while Oracle will supply its E-Business suite for integration into the ERP/LMIS platform. GOLDesp is designed […] More

  • Accenture Helps Politico Create Global AI Forum - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in News

    Accenture Helps Politico Create Global AI Forum

    Politico has selected Accenture to be the founding partner of a global artificial intelligence forum that aims to educate business and government leaders on the impact and use of AI technology. Accenture said Thursday the program will involve a series of AI summits and roundtable discussions across Europe and U.S., with the first summit scheduled for March 19 and […] More

  • Gus Hunt: Accenture’s Federal Arm to Open Cyber Support Center in San Antonio, TX - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Cybersecurity News, News

    Gus Hunt: Accenture’s Federal Arm to Open Cyber Support Center in San Antonio, TX

    Gus Hunt, cybersecurity strategy lead at Accenture’s federal services business, has said the company plans to establish a security operations center in San Antonio, Texas, that would provide cybersecurity support to federal agencies that lack budget to hire cyber professionals, the San Antonio Express-News reported Monday. “It allows us to deliver managed, shared services to […] More

  • Accenture Unveils IT Modernization Hub in Columbus, Ohio - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Industry News, News

    Accenture Unveils IT Modernization Hub in Columbus, Ohio

    Accenture has opened an innovation hub in Columbus, Ohio, in a push to support customers in efforts to modernize their information technology systems. The company said Tuesday it established the facility to help clients keep pace with the digital economy through modernization as well as adoption of disruptive technology and IT delivery methods. The center will […] More